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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 4.6
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.7
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.350
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.066
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 14
Submission to acceptance (median days): 305
Usage 2024
Downloads: 797,610
Altmetric mentions: 105
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